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| Status: | Proposed |
| Registry: | Dish DBS Corporation |
| Registry Backend: | Afilias |
| Type: | Generic TLD |
| Category: | Technology |
| Priority #: | 246 - Dish DBS Corporation |
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.dot is a proposed generic top level domain name (gTLD) to ICANN's new gTLD expansion program.
Current Applicant
- Dish DBS Corporation- The company provides direct broadcast satellite subscription to millions of customers in the United States through Dish Network. This is one of the 13 TLDs filed by the company.[1]
ICANN Auction
The string went to ICANN auction on19 November 2014.[2] Dish DBS Corp prevailed over Google at the auction, and paid the winning price of $700,000 to ICANN. The funds will be separated from other ICANN budgets and allocated to a yet-to-be-determined use that will be decided with input from the community.[3]
Previous Applicant
- Google (Charleston Road Registry Inc.) - applied for 101 TLDs. Sarah Falvey, Senior Policy Analyst of Google is the main contact person in the application. [4]
References
- ↑ Generic TLDs
- ↑ Auction Schedule ICANN.org; Retrieved 25 Sept 2014
- ↑ Results Available for 19 November 2014 Auction ICANN.org; Retrieved 20 Nov 2014
- ↑ Google applied for 101 New Domains